The Cons of Not Showing Up

I have found, though both personal experience and observation, that if you say you are going to be somewhere at sometime, it is best if you honor your word. This applies to many things. Things like doctors appointments, sporting events, just hanging with friends, and even being in class every day class is held and being on time for it. When you keep to your word the benefits are very good. they include things like respect, influence, and not having to take finals.

 

But I am not the only one that has seen the benefits to showing up on time at the right place. There are a number of times in the Hebrew bible that God rewards those who go where He asks them to go when he asks them. the first is Abraham. God tells Abraham to take hi son, Isaac, and go to the top of a mountain and sacrifice him to God. Instead of complaining and not going or going late, he does what God asks and is rewarded by having a golden ram show up and take the place of his son.

The second person is Lot. When Lot was in the city of Sodom, he was told by God to leave. Lot listened to God and because he left when God asked him to he survived God destroying Sodom

The final person is an example of what happens when a person does not show up when asked. This person is Jonah. Jonah was asked by God to go to the city of Nineveh and warn them that they were being wicked and if they did not stop God would destroy them. Johan did not want to go. So he boarded a ship and tried to sail in the opposite direction. God punished Jonah by having him swallowed by a whale for three days and nights. If he had listened to God he would not have been punished so.

This is why it is good to show up where we have said we would and at the time we have said.